Section 6910. Certificates for nurse practitioner practice

1. For issuance
  of  a  certificate to practice as a nurse practitioner under subdivision
  three of section six thousand nine hundred  two  of  this  article,  the
  applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
    (a) Application: file an application with the department;
    (b)  License:  be  licensed  as a registered professional nurse in the
  state;
    (c)  Education:  (i)   have   satisfactorily   completed   educational
  preparation  for  provision of these services in a program registered by
  the department or in a program determined by the department  to  be  the
  equivalent; or
    (ii) submit evidence of current certification by a national certifying
  body, recognized by the department; or
    (iii)   meet   such   alternative   criteria  as  established  by  the
  commissioner's regulations;
    (d) Fees: pay a fee to  the  department  of  fifty  dollars  for  each
  initial   certificate  authorizing  nurse  practitioner  practice  in  a
  specialty area and a  triennial  registration  fee  of  thirty  dollars.
  Registration  under  this  section  shall  be coterminous with the nurse
  practitioner's registration as a professional nurse.
    2. Only a person certified under this  section  shall  use  the  title
  "nurse practitioner".
    3.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not apply to any act or
  practice authorized by any other law, rule, regulation or certification.
    4. The provisions of this section shall  not  apply  to  any  activity
  authorized,  pursuant to statute, rule or regulation, to be performed by
  a registered professional nurse in a  hospital  as  defined  in  article
  twenty-eight of the public health law.
    5.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to  promulgate  regulations  to
  implement the provisions of this section.